Paint-brush hook.



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PAINT BRUSH 1100K. lAPPLHYJATION'FILED MAY 14I 1912.

1,058,578.; Patend Apr. 8,1913.

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UN 1TB FRED S. GRAHAM, 0F ELLENDALE, NORTH JJAKOTA.

PAINT-BRUSH Hoon.

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to enable the brush, when not inuse, to be supported from one side of apaint can so as to prevent the iminersing of the brush in the paint andalso adapted 'for use as a finger piece to facilitate the gripping ot'the brush by the hand when using the brush, the ob- Iiect ofmy'invention being to provide an improved vdevice of this characterwhich is exceedingly cheap and simple, is very efficient in operationand which may be readily attached tothe handle of an ordi nary paint orother brush.

The invention consists in the construction,

lcombination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described andclaimed. v

'in the Aaccoinpanying draWings: -I4`igure l is a vertical sectionalview of a paint brush provided with an improved hook con structed inaccordance with my invention, showing the hook employed for hanging thebrush from one side ofthe paint can, another position et the hook beingindicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of thesaine on the plane indicated by the line o--c of Fig. '1. Fig. 3 1s avertical Sectional vievv of a. modifiedA form'- of my invention, showingthe hook ernployed for hanging the b rush from one side of the paintcan. liig. is is a detallsectlonal view on the plane indicated by theline b-b of Fig. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the hook. i i

For the purposes of this specication, show a paint brush. l -ot ordinaryform7V which is provided vvith a handle 2. The' handle is provided linaccordance with my invention, With a transverse opening 3 and also witha vertical recess l which is in one side of the handle and whichcommunicates 'with the opening 3. An opening 5 which intersects theopening 3 also extends through the brush handle.

My improved hook is made from a singie piece of Wire or other likematerlal or Specification of Letters atent.

PatentedApr. 8,1913.

Application Ied May 14, 1912.. Serial No. 697,268.

' suitable' gage Which is bent to form a bill 7 and a U-shaped arm 8which extends from the upper end ort the bill and. at right anglesthereto, the said U-shaped arm comprising the member 9 which forms acontinuation of the bill andthe terminal, member l0, the

latter being parallel Withthe member 9 and terminating short of the bilf The U-shaped arm 8 of the hook extends through and is yslidablyarranged in ,the opening 3. When the hook is moved to one posltlon, 'thear1n`8 projects from one side of the brush handle and the bill 7 o1" thehook isl received'in the' recess 4. The arm 8, when the hook is thus'arranged, forms a linger-piece which materially facilitates the graspingand using of the brush. By pushing in the arm 8, the bill of the hookmay be rprojected from one side of the brush handle land used to engageone side 'of a palint'can as at Z1 and hang the brush from said side ofthe can so as to keep the brush from being submerged in the paint Whenthe brush' is not 1n use. To prevent the hook from becoming casuallydetached from the brush handle, l provide a pin l1 which is passedthrough the openingr and between the members 9`-l0 of the Ushaped arm ofthe hook. n

In Figs. 3 and 4f, show a modified form ,of my lnventio-n which isespecially adapted foruse in connection with van oval or round brush l2.In this forni of the invention, the U-shaped arm 13 or' the hooklelpasses through and is movable in an 'opening 15 inthe handle of thebrush, at a point. iznrne diately above the brush head and the shortermember '16 of the U-shaped arin is on the upper side of the longermember thereofand terminates short of the bill 17, the bill extendingdown at one side of the brush head and being movable toward and from'.the side of the brush head by adjusting the U-sha'ped arm in the openingin the handle.

To retainthe hook on the'head of the brush, I

I preferably employ astaple 18 which is arranged astride the longerlower member oi" the Ufshaped arm and "is driven into the head or upperend ot' the brush. The upper portion of this staple is arranged in thepath of the upper member 16 of the 1-shaped arm-and., hence, coacts withthe end of said member toforni a stop to limit the outward movement ofthe hook, the bill ot the hook` by.'hearing against the slide oftheihrush head Serving to 'limit the inward or opposite movement of thehook.

When the bill of the hook is arranged direetly against one side of thebrush heed,

.the U-sheped arm of the hook forms a linger piece to facilitate thegrasping and manipulation ofthe brush. By pushing in the U- shaped armthe hill of the Ahook may he projected from one side of the brush headand arranged parallel with and spaced therefrom and employed to engageone side efe bent ezm'and hang the brush from the Side of the con tokeep the brush from being` f suhmergedin the paint when thebrush is notin use.

TNhile l have herein shown and described two formsof my invention, wouldhave it understood that other changes may be nomme FRED S. GPH. HAM.lfitnesses:

@SGAR D. Beees, WN. S. VVICKERSHAM.

